Winner of the 1991 Whitbread Award--Britain's highest literary honor for a first novel--Alma is about the ravages of celebrity, the perversity of fandom, the extravagant and tawdry ways images and moments make and unmake a life. Burn blends fact and fiction as he reinvents the life of one of Britain's most celebrated pop stars from the '50s.
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Winner of the 1991 Whitbread Award--Britain's highest literary honor for a first novel--Alma is about the ravages of celebrity, the perversity of fandom, the extravagant and tawdry ways images and moments make and unmake a life. Burn blends fact and fiction as he reinvents the life of one of Britain's most celebrated pop stars from the '50s.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing (full numberline). Jacket is present with just a touch of shelfwear-very minimal. Price on jacket flap is not clipped. Text clean and unmarked. Dust jacket protected by a removable clear jacket cover. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
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First Edition, first printing with full number line in fine / like new condition. The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. Pages are clean. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. Unclipped DJ. No remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
